I'm still playing Rimworld
Regardless, I never spend more than $20 on a game, wait for the "Game of the Year Platinum Super Edition" to go on sale. It works every time!
I'm still playing Rimworld
Regardless, I never spend more than $20 on a game, wait for the "Game of the Year Platinum Super Edition" to go on sale. It works every time!
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
Ain't no other way to officially enjoy classics like Tony Hawk Pro Skater ( best on Dreamcast IMO ). Probably one of the greatest skater games, just behind a game like Skate 2. But maybe that's the nostalgia talking...
What about playing them on the original consoles? I've got a Game Cube and PS3 I still use occasionally, and a PS2 that I haven't tried in a long time but would give it 50/50 for just booting up if I hooked it up, plus some portion of the failure 50% includes the possibility of repairing it.
Original console, in most cases, is probably gonna be the better option IMO. But due to the rising cost of everything, games/consoles included, emulation is better from a purely price saving standpoint. I am lucky enough to have so many consoles, but I still emulate or use console softmods because I can't afford every game I want.
I also love how emulators make 40 year old games much more playable with features like state save.
No disagreement there, I only responded because of the "ain't no other way" in your OP.
I remember spending hours watching my friends play that game.
I remembered my family having the ps1 version, but my brother said I was wrong because we apparently had the n64 version.
Either way, was definitely a defining game of my early childhood. Such a fun game. I was lucky enough to find it at a game store where I live. It was for some reason tucked away with the ps1 games and somehow just barely under $20USD before tax! A steal, if you ask me.
All hail the ability to emulate console games up to a certain generation well enough on even lower end hardware.
A little wordy as a catch phrase, but I like the sentiment.
Indie devs are fucking killing it, though. A lot of bangers have been coming out.
I’m currently obsessed with How Many Dudes? That game is so much fun.
Right now is the best time to play old games. Retro gaming handhelds have never been better, and honestly there's little to improve in them at this point.
Get yourself a retro handheld for as little as $100, that will feel more premium than a Steam Deck, and start playing games that came out before you were born.
I've genuinely forgotten how bad the current video game industry is, because I'm so busy having a blast with older/retro titles.
Highly recommend to all gamers.
You can check out what handheld console would fit you best here: https://retrocatalog.com/
And see what people's experience is in various games here: https://www.emuready.com/
games that came out before you were born
how old do you think i am
About to say, I'm older than Pac-Man :D
Skyrim, Fallout NV, Diablo II, modded to fuck Dungeon Keeper, Age Of Empires II, so many more. I’m set for life
Modded to What?

Sounds dope, though. Enjoy your peace, king
How do you mod dungeon keeper
KeeperFX is a modern port of the game that makes it run on modern pcs. It needs the base game of course but it comes with mod support so after you install keeperfx, mods are basically plug&play
Dwarf Fortress is 20 years old and still only has half the planned features. Tarn will be working on it until he croaks. Bless that man.
It's kind of blown my mind to learn about the development of that game. UnReal World's similar how it started development in like the 90's and the guys still just keep working on it like a group hobby. Love that for them
The amount of simulations is still looking for its match. Hell, it reminds me of the possible best simulation: Dwarfes are having a party. Someone spills their beer. A cat walks through the beer puddle. The cat cleans its paws. The cat becomes drunk from the beer on its paws.
The graphic is rather old, even the steam version or with "Lazy Newb Pack", but it is still !!FUN!!.
I mean Warcraft II is still the shit. As is classic doom, carmageddon, Aoe,... you name it.
yet another shout out for Space Station 14, a fully open source almost-massively multiplayer game with tons of forks being actively developed with lots of cross pollination of ideas and mechanics between them.
outrageously fun gameplay, totally free, easily modified, decently easy to set up ones own server
also totally cross platform between linux, mac, and windows
Any old mmo enjoyers with a game with an active community to link a fella? Was a fiend for RF online back in the day it was sci-fantasy before I knew what sci fantasy was haha!
Clan Lord
I played it during the beta way back in ‘97(?) but couldn’t continue when it went to a monthly subscription due to being a teen. I found out it was still going 3 years ago and became re-addicted.
Now a character is $15USD and no money is asked for after that. No micro-transactions or nuthin’.
The graphics maintain the ‘97 2D top-down style with chat bubbles, but the game still gets monthly updates.
Get an account here: http://deltatao.com/
Use this client: https://github.com/MrNice/trowllord-releases/releases
You can log in for free but no progress will be saved and you don’t get to choose your name or anything cool.
The community is super friendly and helpful and some players have been playing since the start. It’s deceptively deep and there’s wikis to help you figure out what’s going on, but I don’t want to overload you with links right now.
There’s a discord too, but I’d rather you ask for it in-game to avoid and non-clanners causing trouble
If a new take on an old MMO is interesting, maybe look up Everquest Legends. It's basically an oldschool MMO combined with a massive power fantasy. It has problems (many, many problems), but it's still a pretty good time.
Star Reach is a new one that came out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1925650/Stars_Reach/
Monsters & Memories: https://monstersandmemories.com/
Thanks for these! Mnm sounds sounds like it has promise I’ll have to check out star reach see if it scratches that sci fi itch haha!
Its been a hot minute since I played, but city of heros is a fun one.
The original Guild Wars trilogy is going strong still. One of the better communities for old mmos still active in my opinion.
Morrowind, Fallout New Vegas, Skyrim, Saints Row 2, GTA San Andreas, Ultima, beside few indies, Pragmata and Fallout London, this and retro console games are my main playthroughs
Fallout New Vegas
You had me worried. Surely Fallout New Vegas isn't a 20 year old game? But no, it only came out 16 years ago. Crisis averted.
Good news! Bethesda is surely about to release a patch that fixes nothing you need and breaks all your mods, just like Skyrim the other day again!
Well, thank God than my copy is from GoG and only update if i choose it
I got annoyed with Skyrim on ps3 because of annoying save/load times and broken quests that I couldn’t patch or fix.
If I try Fallout NV on ps3 will I have a better time?
I love that he says "splendid" in response to his own point
Flashpoint Archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashpoint_Archive
I play open source games
Cyberpunk 2077 is 6 years old. May pirate and try out before realizing my pc can't run it.
You could, or gog have a much better refund policy than steam. You could even refund it and keep the offline installer if you really wanted to, of course you won't get updates and it isn't really the idea of it. I think they do block you eventually if you keep abusing it for everything.
UT2004 still bops. If I suddenly stopped being able to buy new games, that one would keep me entertained for at least another decade.
Retro game prices have been skyrocketing too. Everything's kinda fucked.
Even if it's just 10-15, Zomboid, Oxygen Not Included, Factorio, Isaac, and Risk of Rain, are thousands of possible fun hours, even without rotation
Still got Dosbox and a bunch of classics like Wing Commander, The Incredible Machine and Space/King's Quest.
Everyone about that GTAVI life while I'm in the Fire Emblem and Yakuza mines trying to make a dent in the 50 million games each of those series have, because every time I finish one they release three more
Japan...please...stop...I beg you. I feel as overworked as the devs working for you.
On top of FE and Yakuza, I've still got like 10 Shin Megami Tensei games to go through, after playing (what feels like) 20+. It never ends.
I am a man dying of thirst watching another drown. Smashes skull in Fallout borne frustration
Lol, Oblivion ftw
Oblivions not 20 years old lol
... Oh. Oh no.
Oblivion just came out dude
TrackMania United quite literally Forever Kinda wish there would be some effort for a de compilation or custom engine for linux but for that its probably too modern to be feasible.
I'm having a blast with all of the old God of War games currently. 🥰
i tried so hard to get them to work on my ps2. those damn gold discs.
i can emulate a ps2 now. thanks for the idea.
All of them have PS3 ports (God of War Collection Vol. 1+2), even the PSP games.
God of War III even got a PS4 remaster. :)
I mostly play minecraft and indies, i am relatively safe lmao, what can happen? Mojang stop to update the game? Great now everyone will make mods on the same version lol
lmao, what can happen?
Microsoft, a company i never did business with during my purchase of Minecraft, stole my copy because I didnt learn about the account migration in time.
????? so i have some bad news about minecraft...
That there's an open source alternative which is gaining momentum?
Edit: oh bad news the Microsoft
You can log in Minecraft (Java) without using Microsoft authentication servers (and even if we couldn't, we could just mod it in the game tbf)
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